VALLEY CENTER: Two remaining captured dogs euthanized

VALLEY CENTER -- Two of the three remaining chow chows that were
captured this spring after prowling near a tiny Pauma Valley
elementary school have been euthanized, an animal control spokesman
said Tuesday.

Authorities seized the three aggressive dogs after they
surrounded a Pauma School teacher working on campus April 19. The
dogs returned to the edge of the campus the next two days, leading
officials to lock down the K-8 school as sheriff's deputies and
animal control officers searched for the dogs.

The largest and most menacing of the three dogs was euthanized
in late April. The remaining two were put down May 10, said Lt. Dan
DeSousa, spokesman for the San Diego County Animal Services
Department.

Agency officials contacted a couple of dog rescue groups, but
both declined to take the remaining dogs due to their behavior,
DeSousa said. He said the dogs had charged their kennel doors,
growled and barked while at the agency's Carlsbad shelter.

A behavior specialist with the department said in April the two
dogs likely had been abandoned at an early age or their owner never
gave them much attention. She said at the time that the dogs
probably would always be fearful of people.